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Open City

Open City is a charity dedicated to making architecture and built heritage more open, accessible and equitable.Providing you with essential listening, inspiring voices and built environment insights – theOpen City Podcastcovers news and current events as well as in depth studies of landmark buildings, and cities around the UK and world.At the centre of our line-up is our flagship showThe Brief– an award-winning review of the big stories in architecture, planning and housing news – hosted by Sahiba

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34:09

The Londown Transport Special

Open City ·

2023/05/04

This week we revisit some of our favorite London transport stories we've covered over the past year/Episodes featured:The 15-minute city culture war debate with Denean RoweParis bans rental e-scooters with Neal ShasoreThe opening of Crossrail (the Elizabeth Line) with Deborah SauntThe plight of rail workers with Alpa DepaniThe argument for dismantling road infrastructure with Phin HarperAlternative uses for parking spaces with Deborah DennerClickhereto get early, ad-free access to the Londown, and

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36:05

Poor housing costing NHS £1.4 billion each year

Open City ·

2023/04/20

This week new host Fran Williams speaks to Melissa York, assistant property editor at The Times and The Sunday Times.|| Poor housing costing NHS £1.4 billion pounds each year || Rishi Sunak scraps housing targets amid pressure from Conservative members|| Developers failing to deliver the play spaces London needs|| And new data reveals enduring inequalities in the UK’s architecture industry||Clickhereto get early, ad-free access to the Londown, and support accessible independent journalism from

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34:23

Gove admits Coalition policies added to social...

Open City ·

2023/04/13

This week Phin Harper speaks to thefounder and director of the consultancy Municipal, Claire Bennie.| Gove admits Coalition policies added to social housing failures || Landlords roll out draconian new vetting procedures || UK insulation scheme set to take 300 years to meet targets || And the architecturally acclaimed London college facing demolition |Clickhereto get early, ad-free access to the Londown, and support accessible independent journalism from Open City.The Londown is recorded and

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35:21

Britain's first memorial to the victims of the...

Open City ·

2023/04/06

This week Merlin speaks to the writer, architecture historian, and head of the London School of Architecture - Neal Shasore.Paris bans rental e-scooters | A new ‘Superloop’ bus network for suburban London | A memorial to the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade | And a reprieve for Richard Rogers’ iconic Channel 4 HeadquartersClickhereto get early, ad-free access to the Londown, and support accessible independent journalism from Open City.The Londown is recorded and produced at the Open City

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43:36

Petrochemical reliance & the value of indigenous...

Open City ·

2023/04/01

Marsha Ramroop speaks to two contributors of the Material Matters edition of Landscape: Claire Thirlwall and Sandeep Balagangadharan Menon. Together they discuss landscape architecture's reliance on petrochemicals, the value found in indigenous knowledge, the industry's response to the climate crisis and thoughts on the types of questions practitioners and educators should be asking.To read their articles and all the others in this edition, you can find an online version of Landscape for free here

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47:36

the 100th episode of the Londown

Open City ·

2023/03/23

In this special bumper 100th episode, Merlin Fulcher takes the guest-pundit hot seat, to answer questions on the housing, cost of living, and climate crises. Guiding him through these meaty topics is new host Sahiba Chadha -- architect and Accelerate tutor.Clickhereto get early, ad-free access to the Londown, and support accessible independent journalism from Open City.The Londown is recorded and produced at the Open City offices located in Bureau. Bureau is a co-working space for creatives offering

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30:27

A new budget amid a wave of public sector strike...

Open City ·

2023/03/16

Clickhereto get early, ad-free access to the Londown, and support accessible independent journalism from Open City.This week Merlin speaks to Lachlan Anderson-Frank. Lachlan trained as an architect and is a town planner working at the London Borough of Enfield.A new budget amid a wave of public sector strike disruptions| Three London buildings among the UK’ s most at risk of demolition | A fatal fire in an east London flat housing 18 people | And Elon Musk’s vision for a new build ‘utopia’ in

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35:53

Leisured City pt2 - a guided walk around the West End

Open City ·

2023/03/11

Following on from Merlin's interview with Angus Lockyer on the Londown this week, here is the second leg of the Leisured City guided walk -- part of Angus' new podcast series historicity.This episode,we see how some parts of the West End (like Soho) came down in the world, while others (like St James’s) stayed up.More about the series:Most existingtours either explore particular themes in a city’s history (like crime) or usethe city as a stage for other stories (like works of literature and

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42:16

Spotlighting the women written out of London’s built...

Open City ·

2023/03/09

Clickhereto get early, ad-free access to the Londown, and support accessible independent journalism from Open City.This week Merlin speaks to the historian, and writer and presenter of the audio walking tours series - historicity - Angus Lockyer.Lambeth pulls the plug on controversial estate demolitions | London’s David Chipperfield wins the Pritzker Prize - architecture’s most coveted title | A UK-wide retrofitting program to unlock 35 billion pounds for the economy | And a new award-winning map

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42:31

The Rental Crisis with Michael Walker

Open City ·

2023/03/02

Clickhereto get early, ad-free access to the Londown, and support accessible independent journalism from Open City.This week Merlin Speaks to the broadcaster and and host of the brand new podcast series Crash Course, Michael Walker.The Londown is recorded and produced at the Open City offices located in Bureau. Bureau is a co-working space for creatives offering a new approach to membership workspace. Bureau prioritises not just room to think and do, but also shared resources and space to

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34:35

Why Materials Matter in the Age of Climate Emergency

Open City ·

2023/02/25

In this episode we are zooming in on the importance of materials, as we design our way through the climate emergency.Joining Paul are Vanessa Norwood and Duncan Paybody. Duncan is Director of Landscape at Studio Egret West, which has just delivered a new six-acre park in the heart of Manchester. Vanessa is a curator and consultant who was Creative Director of the Building Centre from 2018-22, and commissioned the exhibition 'Homegrown: Building a Post-carbon Future' which is on now.To read their

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39:25

Visionary plans to deliver 1.2 million homes around...

Open City ·

2023/02/16

Clickhereto get early, ad-free access to the Londown, and support accessible independent journalism from Open City.This week Phin speaks to Denean Rowe, project manager at the Town and Country Planning Association.Visionary plans to deliver 1.2 million homes within walking distance of rural train stations| Britain’s addiction to the wrecking ball costing us 55,000 buildings a year|A new culture war erupts over 15-minute cities | And the City of London forces office skyscrapers to dim their lights at

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35:10

Supreme Court grants luxury homeowners victory over...

Open City ·

2023/02/09

Click here to get early, ad-free access to the Londown, and support accessible independent journalism from Open City.This week Merlin speaks to Charles Begley, Chief Executive of the London Property Alliance.Supreme Court grants luxury homeowners victory over Tate Modern viewing platform| Housing in every London borough declared unaffordable for local average earners | First time rough sleeping up by a third in central London | And the long-awaited pedestrianisation of Bank junction finally moves

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33:34

Carbon credits and zero carbon construction

Open City ·

2023/02/02

This week Merlin speaks to the architect and Director of Citizens Design Bureau, Katy Marks.Huge doubts over carbon credits, a key pillar of Net Zero construction| Pop-up urinal death prompts debate over London’s vanishing public toilets | Michael Gove pledges to scrap ‘feudal’ leaseholder system | And fears Stratford’s LED-clad sphere could shine as bright as the ‘sun’ The Londown is recorded and produced at the Open City offices located in Bureau. Bureau is a co-working space for creatives

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29:21

Could Architects be Replaced by Machines?

Open City ·

2023/01/26

This week Merlin speaks to the architect, director of Frame Projects and chair of Open City; Deborah Denner.A linear park for Camden on the route of a disused railway wins approval| New research reveals the shocking health inequalities seen with rising house prices | Last year’s huge police raid on Hackney’s Antepavilion ruled unlawful| And could Architects be replaced by machines? We discuss how AI could radically transform the future of London...The Londown is recorded and produced at the Open

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34:21

Leisured City - an Audio Walking Tour of The West End

Open City ·

2023/01/21

Historicity is a brilliant new series of audio walking tours which explore howcities got to be the way they are - starting with London. This episode - Leisured City - covers the transformation of the West End, as wealth is invested, hierarchy reproduced, and luxury consumed, in its streets and square…More about the series:Most existingtours either explore particular themes in a city’s history (like crime) or usethe city as a stage for other stories (like works of literature and art).Historicity

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44:34

Could increasing congestion on London’s roads improve...

Open City ·

2023/01/19

This week Merlin speaks to the architecture critic and Chief Executive of Open City, Phineas Harper.Could increasing congestion on London’s roads be the real cure to all transport woes?| Shock as Grenfell firefighters diagnosed with incurable cancers six years on | Right to camp wild under the stars formally outlawed across England and Wales | And the new legislation mandating verdant urban wetlands to tackle urban floodingThe Londown is recorded and produced at the Open City offices located in

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32:31

School of Place and the revival of traditional...

Open City ·

2023/01/12

This week Rachel speaks to the architect and co-author of the new book 'Meanwhile City', Petra Marko.Census map blows the lid on London's housing and transport inequalities| Michael Gove vows to revive traditional architecture with a new ‘school of place’ | The true scale of social housing demolitions in the capital revealed | And an enormous new public space opens in what was once a major West End roadThe Londown is recorded and produced at the Open City offices located in Bureau. Bureau is a

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27:17

What public space designed for men, means for women

Open City ·

2023/01/07

In this episode we are looking at how public space has been designed by and for men, and how this can have potentially deadly consequences for women.Joining Paul are Eleanor Trenfield, Jade Goto and Sophie Thompson. Eleanor and Jade are from EDLA landscape architects, and Sophie leads public realm at LDA Design, and has been involved in the design and delivery of liveable streets, squares, and green space for the past twenty years.To read their articles and all the others in this edition, you can

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35:26

Building with Timber, with engineer Andrew Lawrence...

Open City ·

2022/12/22

Open City presents Episode One, Season Two of Words on Wood, a podcast series created by the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) in conjunction withDisegnojournal, that delves deepintothe big questions surrounding forests, the timber industry, and the use of wood as a design material.With architecture under more pressure than ever to improve the sustainability of buildings, this episode of Words on Wood looks at the potential for timber structures to reshape the field. Given the opportunities

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